Posts Tagged ‘living systems and anxiety’
Seeing Beyond Tough Times
It’s time to share some insights that I’ve gained over the past eight months—the most challenging and interesting months in my career. I wish I had understood these insights better back in March or April when I could have shared them and helped others. But at that point, they just hadn’t worked on me long…
Read MoreLeadership in the Time of Quarantine
The last few weeks have certainly been interesting. The pandemic has disrupted our lives in ways many of us have never experienced before, and there is a great deal of uncertainty and anxiety in our world. How do you lead well in a time of quarantine? How do you rally a team where everyone is…
Read MoreLiving Systems and High-Impact Listening
A living system is any group of people who spend time together and therefore become “emotionally wired together.” A Living System is the people and the stuff that connects the people in a defined group.
Read MoreWhen Things Get Weird
Remember the Human System? It’s the reason so many of us don’t do well giving or receiving feedback. Here’s a quick recap, worded a little differently than you may have seen it before: We are unique, with different beliefs, values, passions, gifts and voids, wiring, experiences, and so on. We are dysfunctional, and it shows…
Read MoreTruth and Love
Today’s post was originally published on February 8, 2016. Truth without love can be mean, and love without truth can be a lie. Today’s post is a review of a skill that I think it is the most important skill needed in West Michigan leaders. It is the willingness and ability to lean into healthy conflict. When…
Read MoreLiving Systems and High-Impact Listening
Today’s post was originally published here on September 28, 2015. Everyone who has been through PILOT/LEAD 365 has spent time in jail—the Ottawa County jail—as a setting to learn about living systems. A living system is any group of people who spend time together and therefore become “emotionally wired together.” A Living System is the…
Read MoreTruth and Love
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD 365, although all are welcome to read it.) Truth without love can be mean, and love without truth can be a lie. Today’s post is a review of a skill that I think it is the most important skill needed in West Michigan leaders. It is the willingness and…
Read MoreLeading Change: Pulling It All Together
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD 365, although all are welcome to read it.) When we began this LEAD 365 alumni blog six months ago, we had some intentional objectives: Provide you with some review of the content you experienced in LEAD 365. Provide you with some new content being covered in the…
Read MoreLiving Systems and High-Impact Listening
A living system is any group of people who spend time together and therefore become “emotionally wired together.” A Living System is the people and the stuff that connects the people in a defined group.
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